Breast cancer--screening data for assessing quality of services--New York, 2000-2003

The New York State Breast and Cervical Cancer Screening Program (NYSBCCSP) is funded in part through the National Breast and Cervical Cancer Early Detection Program (NBCCEDP). A total of 292 mammography facilities participate in NYSBCCSP. In 1998, NYSBCCSP began reviewing the clinical outcomes of clients screened through the program to identify facilities that might need more intensive assessment of quality assurance and corrections of deficiencies. This report describes the quality assurance process of NYSBCCSP, which provides methods for monitoring and assessing the quality of clinical care by program providers. These outcome-based methods can be useful to other programs and providers of breast cancer screening.